“A PSNI report admitted that, over the past 14 years, it has applied for phone records of 323 Northern Ireland journalists and 500 lawyers.”

There are only 3,000 lawyers practicing in Northern Ireland.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/23/journalists-who-were-unlawfully-spied-on-have-no-doubt-uk-reporters-are-still-targeted

Journalists who were unlawfully spied on have ‘no doubt’ UK reporters are still targeted

Belfast-based Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey won landmark victory that PSNI’s surveillance was unlawful

The Guardian
@tjmcintyre there are just under 1000 journalists (including editors) according to the last census